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possibly by (Karl) Wilhelm Osterwald (1820 - 1887)

Der Tod des Erlösers
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Jesus neigt sein Haupt und stirbt,
hauchend aus sein hehres Leben.
Ach! da Christ am Kreuz verdirbt,
muß in Angst die Welt erbeben:
wo ist nun, der Sieg uns wirbt?
Jesus neigt sein Haupt und stirbt.

Jesus neigt sein Haupt und ruht 
endlich aus vom Schmerz der Wunden,
die ihm Menschenhohn und Wut
schlug in diesem Marterstunden,
ausgelitten hat sein Mut,
Jesus neigt sein Haupt und ruht.

Jesus neigt sein Haupt auch mir,
ja auch mir ist er gestorben,
teuer Herr, wie dank ich dir,
daß dein Blut mir hat erworben
Freiheit von des Todes Gier.

Jesus neigt sein Haupt und stirbt,
bange Welt, was soll dein Beben?
Zage nicht, daß er verdirbt:
Christi Sterben ist das Leben,
daß er uns das Heil erwirbt,
neiget er sein Haupt und stirbt.

Note: the original text assigned to this melody may have been by Heinrich Elmenhorst. Later (it is not known when), the words of a Wilhelm Osterwald were given to the melody, but it is not known for certain that it is the same Wilhelm Osterwald mentioned below.

Text Authorship:

  • possibly by (Karl) Wilhelm Osterwald (1820 - 1887) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Johann Wolfgang Franck (c1644 - 1710), "Der Tod des Erlösers" [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Peter Donderwinkel

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 23
Word count: 130

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